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Author:

Shaykh, Hanan.

Title:

One thousand and one nights : : a retelling / by Hanan al-Shaykh ; foreword by Mary Gaitskill.

Edition:

First American edition.

Publisher:

Pantheon Books

Copyright Date:

2013

Description:

xix, 288 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Fables, Arabic.
Short stories.

Other Titles:

Arabian nights.

Notes:

"Originally published, in slightly different form, in the United Kingdom by Bloomsbury Publishing, London, in 2011"--Title page verso.

Contents:

Shahrayar and Shahrazad -- The fisherman and the jinni -- The porter and the three ladies -- The first dervish -- The second dervish -- The third dervish -- The first merchant -- The hunchback -- The mistress of the house's tale -- The doorkeeper's tale -- The shopper's tale -- The reaction of the caliph -- Dalila the wily -- The demon's wife -- The woman and her five lovers -- Budur and qamal al-zaman -- Zumurrud and Nur al-Din -- The fourth voyage of Sindbad the sailor -- The resolution of the porter and the three ladies.

Summary:

An evocative reimagining of nineteen tales from the classic story about young queen Shahrazad's efforts to save her life from a brutal husband focuses on female characters at the heart of each tale in a woven sequence that incorporates humor and sensuality.

ISBN:

0307958868
9780307958860

LCCN:

2012039272

Locations:

TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

NYPE343 -- Charles City Public Library (Charles City)

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

N4AX745 -- Iowa Lakes Community College Library - Emmetsburg (Emmetsburg)

KJPF566 -- Fort Madison Public Library (Fort Madison)

MGPD463 -- Humboldt Public Library (Humboldt)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

GUPF501 -- Newton Public Library (Newton)

GZPE631 -- Pella Public Library (Pella)

XAPE737 -- Shenandoah Public Library (Shenandoah)

WXPD305 -- Spirit Lake Public Library (Spirit Lake)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)

VCPD034 -- Robey Memorial Library-Waukon (Waukon)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)